Reading and Watching the World: Books, Film and Art
There's a whole world out there! I'm an experienced, UK-based editor and a bit of an aesthetic dilettante. I'm making it my off-duty duty to bring to your attention books, films, artists, music and TV from all over the world. Reviews are SPOILER FREE. New posts every week. See Reviews by country for my reviews from each nation.
#20booksofsummer, book 4 Priestdaddy is an acclaimed memoir by US writer Patricia Lockwood, who is currently on the Women’s Prize shortlist for her first novel, No-one Is Talking About This, and whose tweets come imbued with the aura of legend. This, her first book, was published in 2017, and has a particularly random cover in …
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Gripping, emotionally real tale of sibling responsibility
An introduction to the work of Beninese diva extraordinaire Angélique Kidjo
Deborah Levy’s wonderful work of almost-memoir, ‘Real Estate’
A new take on sci-fi, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize
The multi-layered, monumental work of Botswanan artist Meleko Mokgosi
A fangirl post on my fave British musical artist, David Bowie
My summer reading plans!
New Zealand supernatural comedy mockumentary series currently streaming on Sky
A work of fictional non-fiction that captivated even this physics-averse reader
